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Sunday, November 18, 2012

Baidu: Elite Triad Internals

Spotted on Baidu, here's what the inside of the upcoming Elite Triad looks like; I thought it might just be a single shot with two dart holders, but this does suggest it shoots from all three barrels? I could be wrong though, internals mean not a whole lot to me:P

Looks like a 3 barrel jolt. Definitely all 3 fire. Barrels do not appear to rotate so it might fire all 3 at once. which would be a cool, hold-out shot gun effect.(though you have to wonder if shoot 3 at once would mean poor range with such a small blaster.)

Looks like a gray switch on the back of the grip... The video showed it firing from one barrel. Maybe they open each air chamber in sequence? Presumably with weaker force as the air power will be lessened when divided between two or three barrels?

Anyone else notice that the plunger for this thing is massive? The air restrictors also look rather beefy. Just speculating but I'd wager that the oversized plunger and spring is so that there's enough power to fire all three barrels at once and achieve "Elite" ranges. To fire less then all three the air restrictors come into play to divert to the path of least resistance... aka the chamber that is open because it has a dart in it.

A toy blaster resource; from a kidult's perspective living in an Australian inner city apartment. Focusing on out- of- the- box foam dart, laser tag and water guns with the odd two player co-op game thrown in for good measure:)